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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, 
thank you for all the suggestions and confirmation that this is not what is supposed to happen. My friend tried contacting the superintendent but apparently he didnt return her emails. After the "kill list" she finally went to the police (the harassment had been happening for months before, but it was always about rape, not murder). The police actually did go to the boy's house, Unfortunately, because they could not find a physical list they said they could do nothing more unless friend files a lawsuit.

I don't know if she's tried the peace order or bully report, those are great suggestions, thank you.

I get the need for due process, and for children to be treated differently than adults and allowed some time to rehabilitate, and why the police couldn't do more without physical evidence or having the girl go through the traumatizing process of a lawsuit.

HOWEVER this all seems so, so wrong. the girl is left so traumatized she needs professional help and the boy isn't even suspended or [b]put into separate classes,[/b] and the administration can't even respond to a parent's very serious concern. I cant help but feel that if the boy said these things to another boy, or to a teacher, it would be taken very differently.

I'm trying to get friend to speak up to the PTA or something, even if she moves or changes schools, for the good of the other kids because honestly--though i admit that i'm not around teens or tweens much--sounds pretty sociopathic to me. and if he's doing it this young, and with so few consequences, i can see his behavior escalating to something even more dangerous.  I am so glad i don't have a daughter or any child that goes to that school. [/quote]

She needs to go to the Department of Juvenile Services and file a Peace Order. That can help start the process to change classes and put other safety measures in place. Here is their phone number: 301-610-8500.[/quote]

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